Iron legend Cliff Byrne ‏@cliff_byrne tweeted: "Just heard about Nigel Adkins....an absolute embarrassment...best manager I've played under and a top bloke gutted for him#stayinthegreen"Garry Thompson ‏@g11klt, now at League Two side Bradford City tweeted: "Can't believe Southampton have sacked Nigel Adkins #Stupid"

Grant McCann @grantmccann11, who left the Iron in 2010 to join Peterborough, tweeted: "Can't believe Nigel Adkins been sacked, he's done wonders at that club. #madness"Ian Morris @morr11s tweeted: "Can't believe Southampton have sakes Adkins!!! Absolute disgrace, one of the best records in football #footballsgoingmad"

Comments

Apparently it's 20% of any profit, in which case it'd be c£900k (which arguably means we get the transfer fee a little closer to what we should have got to start with in comparison other Championship strikers moving to the top-flight like Jay Rodriguez).
Doubt it'll happen to be honest, I'm not sure £7m or Norwich is going to be big enough. I was sure Newcastle or Sunderland (or perhaps Villa) would be sniffing to supplement their respective lightweight attacks. Gary Hooper is a much better player than Danny Graham for a start.

For testimony of Adkins ability as a coach, look no further than this article about a certain striker now plying his trade in Scotland who's career lest we forget was slowly dwindling away to nothing in the Southend reserves.
http://tinyurl.com/bfwj6ze
Also another reason for why we need Lee Turnbull back.......

Southampton should be ashamed of their sacking of nigel atkins.
You helped us get so far and are in a predicament ourselves I think we should have the master back where he is appreciated and at this point in time needed we love you atkins x